International
May 28, 2016
Senate botched 9/11 bill
The version of a bill designed to make it easier for victims of the September 11 attacks to hold Saudi Arabia liable in U.S. courts gets rid of many of the benefits in the original bill without ameliorating any of the costs. By Stephen I. Vladeck
On May 17, the Senate by unanimous consent passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a bill that is putatively designed to make it easier for victims of the September 11 attacks and their families to hold Saudi Arabia liable in U.S. court for the alleged role of several of its senior government officials (and royal family members) in financing the al-Qaida operations that led to 9/11. JASTA has incited con...
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